[ePub] Set the Action! Creating Backgrounds for Compelling Storytelling in Animation; Comics; and Games by Elvin A. Hernandez in Arts-Photography

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The town of Cotati; once the Coast Miwok village of Kotati; was by 1850 a 17;000-acre diamond-shaped ranch set in the center of Sonoma Countys golden fields. Dr. Thomas Stokes Page and his heirs ran that ranch until the 1890s; when they laid out a town and a distinctive hexagonal plaza with streets named after Dr. Pages sons. That wheel-like plaza earned centrally located Cotati the title; "Hub of Sonoma County." For many years Cotati was the gathering place for hundreds of hardworking chicken ranchers; who bought up small farms in the surrounding countryside; but it was transformed in the 1970s into a hippie haven fed by nearby Sonoma State University. Old chicken houses then became student housing and the Plaza hub that was the setting for traditional community festivals became a vibrating stage for dancing and demonstrations. Cotatis famous downtown nightclub; the Inn of the Beginning; was the proving ground for many now-famous musicians; including John Lee Hooker; Huey Lewis; Vince Guaraldi; Roseanne Cash; and Kate Wolf.